Local group trying to save historic Lookout Mountain home

Many people travel to Lookout Mountain to take pictures of the Cravens House, which served as an observation point during the Civil War. But some say the home that sits just a few hundred feet away is just as important.

Friday, October 6th 2017, 8:09 PM EDT by Kasey Freeman

Photo by Joy Castello.

Lookout Mountain residents are fighting plans to replace a piece of Chattanooga history with a parking lot.

The National Park Service owns the home that once belonged to the wife of a Chattanooga mayor and sits close to a Civil War landmark.

Many people travel to Lookout Mountain to take pictures of the Cravens House, which served as an observation point during the Civil War.